Grate.



G. W. FOSTER.

GRATE.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16, 1911.

Patented May 28, 1912.

WITNESSES grate.

UNITE CLARENCE W. FOSTER, OF DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1912.

Application filed November 16, 1911. Serial No. 660,554.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. FOSTER, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at Donora, in thecounty of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Grates, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a grate, and the primary object of myinvention is to provide a tiltable grate that can be advanta geouslyused in connection with fire places, stoves, furnaces, and variousstructures cont aining a fire.

A further object of this invention is to provide a fire grate that issimple in construction, durable and highly efficient for the purposesfor which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had tothe drawing wherein Figure l is aperspective view of the fire Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3is a cross sectional View of the grate, and Fig. 4 is a front elevationof a portion of the grate,

A grate in accordance with this invention comprises a pair of A frames 1and trunnioned between said frames is a tiltable grate or fire tray,comprising a slotted or foraminous bottom plate 2, end walls 3 and aforaminous or apertured front wall 4 The end walls 3 have diametricallyopposed trunnions or pins 5 extending into the apices of the frames 1.The trunnions 5 are located in closer proximity to the inner end of thewalls 3 than the outer ends, whereby the grate will be overbalanced torest upon inwardly projecting and oppositely disposed lugs or stops 6,carried by the frames 1 for maintaining the grate in a normallyhorizontal position.

The front wall 4, besides having suitably arranged openings 7 hasdepending prongs 8, these prongs adding to the appearance of the frontof the grate and preventing coals that might fall off the inner edge ofthe bottom plate 2 from passing outwardly from under the grate. Theprongs further assist in tilting the grate, as the grate can be tiltedby gripping one of the prongs or placing a poker or other device inengagement with the prongs to raise the front of the grate. As the grateis tilted the ashes that have accumulated thereon slide from the inneredge of the bottom plate 2 and can be easily removed from around thegrate structure.

A grate in accordance with this invention can be advantageously used inconnection with fire engines, where the entire fire is.

to be drawn or removed from beneath the boiler of the engine after afire is over.

The grate can be made of strong and durable metal and of various sizes.

What I claim is A fire grate comprising the combination with a pair of Aframes, of a tray including a pair of imperforate end walls and anupwardly and outwardly inclined foraminous front wall integral with saidend walls and a horizontally disposed foraminous bottom integral withthe end walls and with the front wall at a point above the lower end ofthe latter, a trunnion projecting from each of said end walls inproximity to its upper inner corner and j ournaled in the apex of aframe, and inwardly extending lugs projecting from the inner faces ofthe front legs of said frames and capable of engaging the forwardportion of said bottom for maintaining the tray in a horizontalposition, that portion of the front wall which depends below said bottomand side walls slotted to provide prongs capable of being engaged totilt the tray, said prongs further constituting means to prevent coalsfrom passing outwardly from under the grate at the outer edge of thebottom plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CLARENCE V. FOSTER. Witnesses:

FRANCIS L. PownLL, NORMAN C. RAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

